White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has created an atmosphere of hostility, mockery, and disparagement in the briefing room, a veteran reporter told Politico. In a lengthy profile, correspondent Adam Wren quoted Peter Baker,

The Trump administration is tightening its control over press coverage in order to expand access, not to limit it, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Mike Allen at an Axios event in D.C. Friday. Why it matters: "It's not about ideology.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced today that the pause in collections on student loans in default that has been in effect since the early days of Covid comes to an end on May 5. "Fewer than four out of ten borrowers are in repayment," she said. "Debt can not be wiped away,...